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Papal Palm Sunday Procession Gets Lost

April 1, 2007
For seven hundred years, the annual papal Palm Sundayprocession has followed approximately the same route, butthis year the pope took a wrong turn, leading thousands downalleys, through a coffee bar and into a rail yard, where theprocession degenerated into a... continued

No More April Fools Stories

April 1, 2007
In the past, Unknowncountry.com has posted false stories onApril 1, in an attempt to dupe unwitting readers. Often,this was successful, as readers were convinced by storiessuch as one that maintained that elderly Tyrannosaurus Rexesused gigantic canes when they became arthritic... continued

Jet Has Close Call With Meteorite

March 30, 2007
Flaming debris that was moving so fast that it broke the sound barrier almost hit a jet plane that was landing in New Zealand. NASA says it couldn?t have come from a satellite, so experts think that the passenger jet... continued

Mysterious Hexagon in Space

March 30, 2007
A mysterious hexagon-shaped image can be seen in space, floating above the storms that swirl around the north pole on Saturn. Astronomers want to know what it is. In New Scientist, Maggie Mckee reports that astronomers have long known about... continued

Are They Coming and If So, What Do We Do?

March 30, 2007
In Whitley Strieber's provocative new journal, he writes, "It is possible that the visitors are about to show up. I am not saying that this will happen, but only that this is a time when it could happen, and there... continued

Unconfirmed Report of UFO Landing in Somalia

March 30, 2007
A mysterious device that is described as looking like "a satellite or UFO" has landed in Somalia. In Shabelle.net, Mohamed Amiin reports that the large device fell to earth almost a week ago with a loud noise. He quotes Ilyas... continued

Possible US Troop Build-Up on Iran Border

March 29, 2007
More news about US militaryactivity nearthe Iran border: The Russian News & Information Agency(NOVOSTI) reports that Russian military intelligence is seeing a US troop build up along Iran's border with Iraq. This couldindicate a pending invasion of Iran OR it... continued

Jets Scramble After UFO in UK

March 29, 2007
The Bury Free Press in the UK reports that in Bury St. Edmunds, jets from the Royal Air Force were scrambled to intercept a UFO. A UFO group there has posted a recording which they say provides proof that "that... continued

Trash That’s SAFE to Toss in the Ocean

March 29, 2007
We've written about the problem of trash on Mars, but the REAL problem is with trash in the ocean?especially non-biodegradable PLASTIC trash. Now researchers have come up with plastic that?s safe to dump in the sea. Researchers have come up... continued

Global Warming: What We’ll Lose

March 28, 2007
A new global warming study predicts what current climates will VANISH entirely by the year 2100, replaced by climates that are unknown in today's world. Global climate models for the next century forecast the complete disappearance of several existing climates... continued